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>> i can't hear. i can't hear. get out of here, please get out of here! >> a massive plant explosion levels the small texas town. >> as many as 15 people kill. >> more than 160 people injured. >> everything that was like something out of a hor movie. >> destroyed dozens of homes. >> it registereded as a magnitude 2.1 earthquake. >> everybody needs to get away from there! >> we are missing several firefighters on the scene fighting the fire. >> the material that exploded in the fertilizer plant contains toxic fumes. ma . >> blast area is massive. just like iraq. >> leveling an apartment complex and badly damaging a nearby nursing home. >> some of the things i've seen are unbearable. completely a nightmare. in boston, authorities

identified the face of a person of interest captured on video. now trying to get that person's name. >> investigators zeroed in on the suspect, using cell phone records, showing who was making calls in the area. >> all that -- >> a mississippi man under arrest accused of mailing poison tainted letters, one to president obama. >> and all that matters. >> the senate rejects a bill that would have approved background checks for gun owners. >> an emotional moment in boston as the city hosted its first major sporting event since the bombing. ♪ and the home of the brave >> welcome to "cbs this morning." good morning, norah. >> good morning, charlie. a lot of breaking news

overnight. the people in the town of west in central texas, waking up to a scene of destruction. a fertilizer plant caught fire, exploded last night. one witness says the force of the blast was like a tornado. >> the town of west, home to 2,800 pe,28 miles north of waco. here is what we know about the explosions. police believe 5 to 15 people have died. 160 people were injured. the explosion flattened homes and businesses in a four-block area around the plant. the cause is unknown at this hour, however, they say there is no indication yet of foul play. and manuel bojorquez is covering the damage. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. investigators are in search and rescue mode, going home to home and business to business, looking for survivors, hoping

not to find more bodies. just before 8:00 p.m. on wednesday when a fire at a fertilizer plant in west, texas, turned into a catastrophe. >> everybody safe? >> i can't hear, i can't hear. >> cover your ears. >> get out of here, please get out of here! >> the massive blast brought the town of west, texas, with the force equal to a 2.1 magnitude earthquake. >> there has been explosion on the fire scene there, are firefighters down at this time. >> roar, heard 50 miles away. eric perez caught it on tape. >> nothing else happens in this town ever, so i started filming, and i can't believe i got it on film. >> reporter: it sent a huge plume of smoke into the sky and leveled dozens of homes and businesses in the town. one apartment complex destroyed. first responders and volunteers went house to house overnight, looking for survivors. among them, eugene horak and his

wife of 55 years, marine. >> i said i can't get out. and he said you have to try, and he managed to pull the ceiling off of me, and i called out. >> reporter: authorities evacuated half the town, including more than 130 patients of a nursing home that suffered damage. witnesses describe the chaotic scene, with buildings on fire, people trapped, and livestock running loose. >> some of the things i've seen are unbearable. it's completely a nightmare. a nightmare. >> but according "the dallas morning news," the plant recently reported to the environmental protection agency, it posed no risk of fire or explosion and, in fact, wor worst-case scenario, there would be a ten-minute release of gas with no deaths or injuries. now investigators begin the gruesome task of searching devastation for answers. >> at this point, we don't know. thkat

whether it was activity or whether it ir sparked from some type of chemical reaction. >> reporter: among the missing this morning, are three to five firefighters, police tell us they are treating the area as a crime scene, that doesn't mean they believe a crime has occurred here, but they say they will treat it as such until they are convinced this was nothing more than an industrial accident. charlie and norah. >> manuel, thank you. most of the injured taken from the scene of the explosion to waco, and being treated at several hospitals there. ben tracy at the hillcrest baptist medical center, ben, you are there. what can you tell us about the victims? >> good morning, norah. it's been a long, tough night at the hillcrest baptist medical center in waco. 20 miles from west. they treated more than 100 patients here overnight. 24 of them still admitted to the

hospital. two still in critical condition. the types of injuries they are seeing are blast injuries and burns. two other area hospitals treating patients with four critical patients, two children and two adults. and to give you a sense of how many patients they are dealing with, last time they saw this number of people seeking medical treatment at within time, back inhe 50s,hen a tordo devastated. i'm joined by dr. brad holland. tell me more about the injuries, what type of injuries are you seeing? >> most patients treated last night and into the morning are are experiencing large lacerations, penetrating wounds, from shrapnel and blast injuries, that's the bulk of what we are seeing. >> we're told that search and rescue operations ongoing, looking for people in the rubble. do you expect to see more people coming in today? >> prepared for that. it remains to be seen if that occurs or not.

overnight, certainly slowed to this point. >> reporter: thank you very much. i know it's been a long day. back to you. >> the force of the blast so powerful, dozens of homes destroyed or damaged, including one owned by kevin smith. he was in the home at the time. we spoke to him earlier this mornin morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: your father is head of the ems. there is a picture of him with his face bloodied. >> talked to him a couple of times. doing all right. still treating and triaging patients. they have cleaned off the blood, but he's refusing to go to the hospital. he's still treating people. >> what happened to you? >> i was downstairs, watching tv, and a voice in any head told me i needed to go upstairs. i had been planning oing smoke detectors, and didn't want to do it, but aoice in told me o

and 15 seconds after i got upstairs, the house exploded. just a bright flash and a roar. i thought it was lightning striking the house, and i felt what i thought was electrical sensation over me and felt myself flying through the air, about ten feet, and it took a second to realize the roof caved in on me, i knew it wasn't lightning. once i realized the roof caved in, i went ahead and got out of house, went down the stairs, there wasn't any stairs left, so i had to slide down the dry wall. go out where there should have been a door. >> so when you got out of that, what did you see? what happened to other houses in the neighborhood? could you see more of the explosion? >> every house was just destroyed in my neighborhood. i could see a black mushroom cloud. my neighbor yelled a train had

exploded on the railroad tracks, but when i got out, i could see it wasn't a train, it was the actual fertilizer plant. >> kevin. >> i didn't even realize -- go ahead. >> we are looking at pictures of your home. it's incredible that you were able to survive this. we can see some of the injuries on your face. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. i'm beat up, i'm burnt becausri was actually a flash burn. it wasn't electrical, it was flash burns, so i have a first degree burn, my hair is singed off. i have a bunch of cuts and bruises, lucky to be alive. >> are you lucky to be alive. tell us about your neighbors. >> my neighbors, when i came out, the whole neighborhood was in shambles. every house pretty much caved in. people started coming out of the houses, screaming, and i

realized that the smoke was coming toward us, trying to get them to head away, people weren't. so as i was going over to the next street. people started yelling that there are people trapped, and the paramedic in me kicked in, i went to see if i could try and help. i didn't go to the hospital until they dragged me. >> kevin smith, thank you for sharing your story with us. good luck to you and the people of your town. >> thank you. have a good day. >> here to help explain why this blast was so powerful is cbs this morning contributor michio kaku. a physics professor at the university of new york. >> good morning. >> what chemical are we talking about that made this blast so dangerous? >> let's put this in prospective. the boston marathon bombing, it releases the power of one sti

of ynamite. this is equivalent of several truckloads of dine y s dynamite. the oklahoma city bombing was based on one ton of fertilizer. here they are realized to have more than 25 tons. you can imagine the scale of what happens. fertilizer explosions are some of the worst ever in the history of the country. 1947, 2,000 tons detonated, killing 6,000 people, also in texas. >> how are they set off? >> ammonium nitrate with fuel oil can set off a tremendous fertilizer explosion. we think it's anhydrous ammonia, which can be set off with water. >> in liquid or gaseous form? >> anhydrous ammonia is in gaseous form, but you can suppress it, it will turn into a liquid. >> what happened with the water? >> here is the working hypothesis. water willet anhyd

ammonia. the working hypothesis. there was a working fire, the hose water might have set off anhydrous ammonia, creating a chain reaction of explosions releasing this titanic force which can level several city blocks. >> you should understand that if you have a plant wit ammonium n. >> they say it's okay to have this type of materials, because nothing will happen. there is a rare sequence of events that will set off anhydrous ammonia. >> thank you. we want to go to major garrett, traveling with the president today. >> good morning, charlie and norah. the president notified about the waco explosion last night. that process began after the president returned to the white house after having dinner outside the white house at the jefferson hotel in washington. to a dozen senate democrats.

the federal emergency management agency has been asked to take the lead. state and local officials are standing by to offer whatever assistance is requested. no signal yet this is an uncommon or suspicious event it looks to be in preliminary analysis, a tragic industrial accident. here in boston, the president and first lady will arrive to fortify a traumatized city and reassure a jittery country. the president is regularly updated on the progress of the criminal investigation of the boston marathon bombings, and officials were circumspect and said that the media is dealing with a lot more conjecture about where the investigation already is. those who rushed the scene to help those inflicted by the

bostonin bombings will be met by the president. it is aware to be of concerns that might arise in other cities. the president and first lady will mostly be here to comfort those afflicted by the bombing. >> major garrett, thanks. cbs news will bring you a special report when the president speaks. and they may have the break they need in the hunt for the boston bombing. they are looking for a mystery man spotted on surveillance video. bob orr is talking to his sources. good morning. >> this is a tough investigation, but surveillance pictures are providing some promising leads. investigators privately circulating pictures of two young men who seemed to be acting suspiciously around the time of the bombing. and the fbi seems particularly interested in one of the men. >> investigators are focusing on a man, spotted near the scene of the second explosion. sources say a nearby

surveillance camera captured images of the man carrying a backpack and talk owning a cell phone. while the fbi has not identified him, he is described as a young white man, as tall as 6'2". sources who have seen the tape y ablown. wearing a black jacket, gra hoodie and white baseballap backward on his head. he appears to place his backpack on the ground, after the first explosion, he fled. moments later, the second blast occurred near the spot where he had been standing. in addition to reviewing surveillance tapes, investigators are also working to collect and piece together other bits of physical evidence. >> i think we have to have a very wide net right now. >> frank salufo who advised president george w. bush after the september 11th attacks, says every lead must be followed. >> are you pulling all sorts of pieces of information, some that

fit, some that don't. >> reporter: as for the mystery man in the surveillance pictures, investigators hope cell phone records may introduce an identification. investigators are scouring cell phone logs to find out who made calls from the site of the second explosion around the time the bombs went off. there is a list of name of cell phone owners and now agents are trying to link one of the names to the unknown man on the tape. among other tools, forensic experts will use facial recognition programs, comparing images from the surveillance image from criminal databases and other sources. >> we have john mueller, former fbi dictor. where are we atn terms of identification and what they might be doing in deciding where they go from here? >> okay. so two places, the individuals that bob is talking about is the guy who is on the telephone

after putting down the package. bob's reporting yesterday, which was superb, told us they triangulated the towers, the times of different calls and they identified the cell phone that the man is calling from. that comes back to a name. they have identified the potential suspect, you may extrapola extrapolate. but we take it one time at a time. is that a throwaway phone, a john doe name? they are trying to figure out can we find the name that's attached to the phone? is it the same man that's in the picture? and do we go out with this picture, can we put a name to this face and location? >> the reason they hesitate is? >> because if the leeds with the phone subscriber pan out and that's the same guy and they can find him without the public's help, that allows them

luxury of working in the shadows. >> there are a lot of pictures of people in newspapers today. men with backpacks wearing a white baseball cap. but that may not be the pn the fbi is looking at. and it well may not. i would be surprised if it is. yesterday, amateur sleuths all over the internet did their own analysis, came up with photos and posted them. and then what happened, norah, law enforcement downloaded that from the internet, does anybody know these people? it's not -- i'm suggesting it's not certain at all that is the same individual that the fbi is looking at from the security cameras they have downloaded. >> john miller, thank you. another terror scare may be over. mississippi man is under arrest, accused of trying to send ricin to president obama and senator wicker. paul kevin occcurt

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happened in texas to the oklahoma bombing. we'll show you the possible toxic health risk. gun control is blocked in the u.s. senate and the president is furious. >> this was a pretty shameful day for washington. >> we'll look at why the white house couldn't get enough support from democrats. and a surprise arrest in the murder of two prosecutors. details on the woman who could face the death penalty ahead on "cbs this morning." ♪

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your real time captioner is linda marie macdonald. good morning, everyone. it's 7:26. i'm frank mallicoat. get you caught up with some bay area headlines now. san francisco police shot a stabbing suspect to death in the potrero hill neighborhood last night. they say the man went at officers with a hammer and refused orders to drop it. and an 11-year-old aaron hern out of martinez is able to talk with family members from his intensive care bed at children's hospital in boston. he had more surgery yesterday on his leg that was badly injured in monday's bomb attack during the marathon. also had his breathing tube removed and is on the mend. this morning's commemoration of the 1906 earthquake in san francisco had to be moved out of union square -- or to union square at the last minute because of police timark

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♪ through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ♪ ♪ as the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air ♪ >> for the first time since the marathon bombing sports returned to boston. fans at last night's bruin's hockey game paid tribute to the victims. they joined in singing the "national anthem" and they chanted "usa." weekend back to "cbs this morning." the gun control pack hajj was stopped cold in the senate.

president obama is not hiding his anger. the vifamily members of victims will tell us where they go from here. a massive explosion at a fertilizer plant killed between five and 15 people. more than 100 people were hurt in yesterday's fiery blas --

>> there's severe weather going through texas at this hour. thank you very much. with us now we want to bring in congressman bill flores. he represents west, texas. he joins us this morning. congressman, good morning. how is your town doing? >> well, it's still suffering this morning. i think the biggest problem we have right now is the uncertainty as to how many casualties we have. we still have a fire that is smouldering that needs to be put out. i can tell you this, that we have offered the assistance of

the federal government to the governor and to our local county leaders and so we're ready to respond if we get the call. >> when wl grow to texas, ngressman? >>'m not sure at this point. i know we wrap up our session today so my hope is to get back as soon as possible. >> can you tell us what your count is of those who have been killed or injured? >> i'm aware of the casualt coun the lal leaders have asked me to leave that to them for the announcement, and i'm going to honor their request. >> can you tell us what you think caused the explosion? >> well, it's difficult to know at this point in time, but based on what i heard, it was probably an industrial accident of some sort. >> the dallas "morning news" is reporting this morning that the plant reported to the epa that it presented no risk of fire or explosion and that the worst-case scenario would be a ten-minute release of ammonia gas that would kill or injure no one. so how did this plant so drastically underestimate the

type of damage that could occur? >> well, you know, those estimates are based on systems operating as they should, and you never know what mechanical problem may have occurred or if there was a human mistake, a human error that caused some mix of chemicals to get together to start this fire. once the fire starts, then, you know, any estimate made to the epa is not going to necessarily be valid. >> what do we expect from the federal government? >> well, we're ready for the call. we're working with the offices of senator cornyn, senator cruz. we will get fema involved. fema has been prealerted to this. and even speaker boehner's offied m te as of last n andhe's willing to step in and help if we get ll. >> thankyo >> congressman bill or thank you. there was a huge setback in congress yesterday for president

obama. on wednesday the senate blocked the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades. the president was fuming at a news conference last night in the rose garden. he blasted the gun control lobby saying they willfully lied to the people. chip reid is in washington this morning. chip, good morning. >> good morning, charlie and norah. after the massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut, they thought gun control laws had a real good chance of passing, especially our spirit is not. >> reporter: surrounded by families of victims in newtown and others including former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, president obama lashed out at those who oppose gun control. >> it came down to politics. the worry that that vocal

minority of gun owners would come after them in future elections, and so they caved to the pressure. so all in all, this was a pretty shameful day for washington. >> the amendment is not agreed to. senato along with fourblican moderate democrats ved d an attempt to expand background checks to people who buy guns at gun shows and over the internet. >> criminals do not submit to background checks now. they will not submit to expanded background checks. >> in a station the national rifle association called the legislation misguided. >> order in the senate. >> the defeat was a big blow to the president and his senate allies including democratic senator richard bloom en thaul. >> today was a heartbreaker, probably the saddest day in my senate life. >> gun victims' families who

watched the votes in the senate and lobbied hard for the legislation say they're not done yet. carly soto's 27-year-old sister victoria soto, a teacher, was killed. >> it might not be next week or a month after that or months from now but we're not going away. >> it's now widely expected that democratic senator harry reid will set aside the gun bill and move on to other business. democrats who support gun control say given the power of the nra, there's sim will i no chance of passing gun control legislation right now and even moderate democrats are in the nra's corner. norah and charlie?we saw that w election. the president was very, very st affected by newtown and he putth h had behind this. where does he go now? where does the administration go or is it simply a case of harry reid saying there's no chance and so we move on? >> legislatively i think harry

reid will set it aside. at the white house, i think it now turns into a political issue and on capitol hill too. they know they can't get it through congress now. somebody said sadly that it's going to take more mass shootings in order for something like this to pass but the white house is going to turn this into a big political issue and just hammer the republicans with it. >> a lot of people are angry because they're saying the interpretation of the bill was wrong. >> right. >> you see a lot of that anger out, that, in fact, it did not do what a lot of people said it would do. >> that's right. a lot of people said what it would do is prohibit the sale of guns between family members and the president says that's absolutely not true. the president says right in the bill that's not the case. chip reid, thank you. >> you bet. severe weather is hitting much of the country this morning. this is the scene of oklahoma where the a storm brought heavy hail. let's go to meteorologist jeff berardelli of our cbs station

wfor. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. good morning, everyone. what really stands out is how extensive it's going to be, all the way from the great lakes, all the way from texas into the lf coast area is where we're gog to see the threat for severe weather. overnight last night we had some severe weather but the biggest frontal boundary causing heavy downpours, in some areas a foot and a half of rainfall. that will continue because the front is not moving very fast to the east. obviously the other thing we're concerned about ask what will happen. where we see yellow we expect scattered severe thunderstorms but the area in red, numerous severe thunderstorms. we're also expecting numerous tornadoes. some of those could be strong. the areas we're concerned about are some large cities up and down the mississippi river valley. as we take you from south to north, you can see places like

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in kaufman, texas, this morning police say that have solved the murders of a district attorney, his wife, and a top prosecutor. the wife of a former justice of the chief now faces capital charges. mark strassmann reports she is believed to have helped her husband with the murders very she was charged in the shooting deaths of district attorney mike mclelland, his wife cynthia, and

assistant attorney mark hasse. police say she participated but claimed her husband eric williams pulled the trigger. her role in the murders is still unclear. >> mr. mclellandicat to me vearlyn in the days of 'sder th the person that needed to vestigated was eric williams. >> reporter:riwiiams was arrested saturday morning for making terroristic threats against other city officials. he had a grudge. last year he lost his job as justice of the peace after being convicted of stealing county computer equipment. >> one's on your desk right now. where's the other at? >> reporter: hasse and mclelland prosecuted the case. hasse was gunned down. two months later the mclellands were gunned down in their home. he denied being the killer. >> my heart goes out to all the

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning. it's 7:56. i'm frank mallicoat. get you caught up with some bay area headlines now. 11-year-old aaron hern of martinez is able to talk with family members again from his intensive care bed at a boston hospital. he had more surgery yesterday on his leg that was badly injured in monday's bomb attack. he also had his breathing tube removed and is on the mend. this morning is 107 years since the deadly earthquake that devastated several bay area cities. san francisco the region's largest city back then suffered the worst of it because of the fire that followed. and ceremonies are going on this morning in san francisco. there are three known survivors of the quake still living but for the first time, none will attend the event. i think the oldest is 111.

the youngest, 107-plus. traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,,,,,

about 15 minutes ago they were able to reopen lanes on westbound 580 near the dublin interchange. big rig accident was first reported at 5:15 caused huge delays. it's backed up through the altamont pass even though lanes have just reopened. so you will want to consider using stanley or dublin interchange as alternates. here's a live look at the bay bridge. still stacked up to the maze. that's traffic. for your forecast here's brian. >> thank you. we are starting out a little chilly. that will change by the end of the day. mostly clear skies and as we look at san jose, it's 50 degrees in oakland now. 50 in san jose. and for the forecast highs, 76 in santa rosa. 69 in the city. extended forecast, things warming into the 80s by the weekend.

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we have new information from the scene. and investigators in boston are looking for a man picked out on surveillance video. john miller has the latest on the search. but first here's a look at today's "eye opener at 8." >> authorities here are still in search and rescue mode. >> texas. a scene of destruction. a fertilizer plant caught fire, then exploded last night. >> police say they believe 5 to 15 people have died. at least 160 people were are injured. >> large lacerations, penetrating wounds, the type of things you'd see from shrapnel and blast injury.

>> it was just a bright flash and a roar. i thought it was lightning striking the house. >> investigators may have the break they need in the hunt for the boston bomber. they're now trying to identify a mystery man spotted on surveillance video. >> forensic experts will use facial recognition programs comparing images from that surveillance footage we talked about from criminal databases. >> cha they'll be talking about this morning is, do we go out with the public to the public? >> gun-control supporters thought tighter gun laws had a real chance of passing but on wednesday forces opposed to gun control proved that they are still in control. the oklahoma city bombing, for example, was based on one ton of fertilizer. here they were licensed to have over 25 tons. >> wow! >> so you can imagine the scale, the enormity of what happened. >> some of the things i've seen are unbearable. it's completely a nightmare.

>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. there was nothing but rubble for blocks around a fertilizer plant. it happened last night in texas. the blast was felt 45 miles away. police believe 5 to 15 people may have been killed. at least 160 more were hurt. >> the explosion had the power of a 2.2 earthquake. in reports so far of foul play. manuel borjorquez is 20 miles north of waco. manuel, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. among the missing this morning are three to five firefighters and one police officer. we're told anywhere between 50 and 75 homes have been either damaged or destroyed as well as an entire apartment complex, we're told, has been destroyed. authorities have emphasized to us throughout the morning that this remains a search and rescue effort that they are still looking for survivors.

we've also learned this morning that texas commission of environmental quality is monitoring conditions near the blast zone including air quality. now, we're joined now by wesley adcock. you were working in this area yesterday, right, when the explosion happen te me what you saw. >> i was working right here on the interstate. and i didn't physically hear or see, you know, the as i had seen a fire, you ow, kind of smoke and stuff from earlier. i just figured it was a grass fire or a house fire or something. and then on the way back to our yard, i saw a huge mushroom cloud. i knew something wasn't right. i saw a bunch of state troopers and, you know, rescue heading its way. a few minutes after that i get a phone call from my mom saying my cousin's house was completely gone. and thank god she was at work. and at the time i still didn't know what was going on. we were just going to come to her house and try to, you know, gather some things before the weather got bad.

and we couldn't get within five blocks of her house. >> reporter: you think it's gone? >> oh, yeah. she lived about, i think, a block from the site. >> reporter: you're hoping to get word from people who are missing today. >> oh, yeah. i have a lot of friends in this community. a lot of family. i know one of my friends already has passed. i haven't heard anything else. hopefully that's a good sign. i figured by now maybe i would know something by now. >> reporter: we're sorry for your loss and we wish all the best for this community. charlie, gayle and norah, we'll send it back to you. >> thank you. after the explosion last night dozens of people were rushed to hospitals in waco. ben tracy is there with new information on the injured. ben, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i'm at the hillcrest baptist medical center here in waco. this is one of three hospitals in the area treating patients. we're told 165 patients have now been treated. and as of this morning, six of those patients still in critical

condition. five in intensive care. and we're told two of those critical patients are children. they've really seen a range of ages from very young children to the elderly. the injuries that they're seeing are mainly head and facial trauma. they say there are lacerations, broken bones and puncture wounds that are consistent with flying debris. obviously, that was one of the big issues. now, this morning's search and rescue efforts still are going on at the scene. so they are expecting more patients to come in here today, or at least preparing for that possibility. one bit of good news is officials are playing down concerns over those toxic fumes that they were worried about at the site from ammonia. one other complicating factor is that there is weather moving into the area today. thunderstorms and rain. it's unclear how that might affect the fume issues and those search and rescue efforts. charlie? norah? gayle? >> ben tracy, thank you. authorities in boston have a promising lead in the bombing investigation. the fbi says a man was seen on video. he was carrying a bag near the

site of monday's second explosion. senior correspondent john miller's with us. he is a forr fbi assta director. >> good morning, charlie. >> what are we trying to find out? what do we know? >> what we know, they looked at this video from a security camera. this man shows up. he's got a backpack. uts it down. he leaves without that backpack. then the bombing happens. he's on a cellular telephone.th who is that guy? something they've been able to develop is, okay, now we have what we believe is the identity of the subscriber to that telephone. the gap is, do we know if that person and the individual who put down the backpack are one and the same? they are trying to find that individual, and they will come out later today with that photograph and appeal to the public. can you put a name to this face? they will also very likely introduce a couple of other faces of people who were in that area that they're interested in. it's unlikely that they'll refer to them as suspects. they'll probably say these are people we're seeking because

they were in the area and we believe they can provide information. >> is it your experience in law enforcement that if you put that kind of photograph out, that you'll get lots of leads? >> yeah. and this is the conundrum because what they'd like to do is be able to grab this guy, get him in and start talking to him without that going public. but as we learned in the washington sniper case, this was a thing we were looking for a white van, and then suddenly got information we want a blue chevrolet. we had a plate, we had names. and a decision was made within the investigation, don't put that out. let's try and find that car. but it leaked. and from the minute it leaked, it ended up on wtop radio in washington, a truck driver saw the car at a rest stop a short time later, called the police and said i heard you're looking for this car on the radio. and that's how they caught them. >> i remember that. >> it's very effective.yothink looking for, they'll catch him sooner rather than later based on what you know? >> well, that depends how much distance he's put between himself and this incident. if he took off that day out of logan airport before anybody had any idea who he is, that becomes

an uphill struggle. >> is that person a suspect or someone they want to talk to? how far along is this? >> they're extraordinarily interested in terms of a potential suspect in that guy who put down the bag. there are other people they're interested in talking to as potential witnesses. but on the other hand, you know, you put that out and give you a name and address, and you might get him today. i'm confident that they'll find him, whether it takes a long time or a short time. >> is it likely that the cell phone is in his name or not? >> it's unknown. and that's a real factor. you can find the person who owns that cell phone and maybe not find the guy in the picture. >> might be stolen or something. >> and they're working on parallel tracks there. >> i've seen a couple of pictures on the internet and the paper today. until we see a picture from the authorities, should we discount the pictures that are floating around all over the place? >> those are not the pictures that are going to be released today by the authorities. >> okay. >> and in fact, here's what happens. those pictures were the

internet yesterday morning. and then they started going viral and different sites. and then different intelligence -onrs arou the country pick those up, and they post them to bulletins and say any law enforcement agencies who can name these people, we'll take that information. then it ends up leaking back the ws it comes out in one big cile. >> how angry was the fbi yesterday about some of the erroneous reports yesterday? >> the fbi, the u.s. attorney, the police up there, not just yesterday, throughout have been shaken by the amount of information, photographs, imagery of the bombs that seems to be leaking in a case where they're trying to keep a lid on it so they can use the things that are their friend in an investigation which is the element of surprise. >> why did they cancel that press conference last night? >> well, a number of factors. number one, there was information overload and confusion going on. number two, there was a bomb scare at the courthouse. the federal building is the location they would have used for that res conference. >> but that was much earlier, s?

>> and then there was an investigative conference on a secure line to headquarters. so as it kept getting pushed back and pushed back, they said by 7:00, what are we really going to get out of this? >> what happens if the cell phone does not connect like they would hope it would? then they go back to try and identify the photograph? >> and then you just go back to if it's a throwaway phone or a phony name, let's still ask the public, who is this face? where is he now? another question on that phone is, is the phone used to detonate the bombs? right now they've got a piece of a circuit board. that's a possibility, but it also could be another kind of remote control. >> john, we have pictures of what looks like the nylon bag that the bomb was in. i'm sure the photo experts are looking at distinguishing marks, that right there, to the thing that was on the back of that guy at they want to talk to. >> yeah. and you know, from the quality -- i mean, security cameras are not the most high-resolution devices, but it's certainly in the ballpark for the device. their operating theory is the bag that he puts down is the bomb.

>> wow. all right. john miller, thank you. the number of dead and injured in boston could have been much, much higher. the city's emergency services team was right in the middle of it all. and they made tough choices that saved many lives. don daylor is in boston with that part of the story. don, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. boston's emergency medical services is always beefed up for the boston marathon. they're prepared to deal with heart attacks, dehydration or cramps. what they did not expect to have to deal with, though, is what happened. when the bombs went off, the calls immediately started pouring in to boston's emergency medical services. >> something exploded at the finish line. >> a device just went off on boylston. >> notify all the hospital, potential here for mass casualties. >> reporter: the staff was at full staff both at the finish line and at huarterjoee oversee.

>> an incident like this when you have an explosion, you're not sure what it is, the tension in the room starts to rise. everyone starts to develop a plan. >> all units be advised, explosive device, everyone use heavy trauma.i've got three peo. >> reporter: while medics at the scene gave first aid, o'hare and his staff were making split-second decisions about where the injured should be sent. >> our intent is distribute those patients fairly evenly and take some of the minor injuries to hospitals that are a little more distant. trauma is really all about time and getting to an operating room. so you know, instant care in the field and then getting them to a surgeon is really what those patients need. >> reporter: within minutes, ambulances carrying the most severely injured fanned out to the five level-one trauma centers. each received an average of 25 patients. victims were taken to hospitals that were best suited to care for their specific needs. the youngest were sent to hospitals with child trauma centers. you make the best decision you

can because you're trained to do so, and then you live with that. >> i think that's true. and you know in the end that those patients did better because you were there and because you were able to help them. >> reporter: boston ambulances

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♪ fertilizer plant in texas happened one day after the and the blast killed nearly 600 people. the ship was carrying ammonium nitrate. that's the same chemical used in the oklahoma city bombing. and the fire burned for days. >> the infern nal that almost blasted texas city from the map

rankege raged as uncontrolling. >> thousands were lost or wounded in their homes. the incident became known as the texas city disaster. >> incredible too. many of the responders from last night's disasters are volunteers. what makes them risk it all without getting paid. that's ahead on "cbs this morning." [ female announcer ] dear guys, looking for the perfect pair of levi's? ♪ the right color, the right style, the right fit? come to the levi's denim bar at jcpenney because you deserve the perfect pair at a great price. ♪ get younger looking skin fast. with new olay regenerist micro-sculpting cream.

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we've been telling you about the disaster in texas. it comes just days after the bombing in boston, another city that knows too much about tragedy is new york. robert de niro found a way to help new york after 9/11 in film. he joins us in studio 57. that's ahead on "cbs this morning."

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning. it's 8:25. i'm frank mallicoat. we have your kpix 5 news headlines on this thursday morning. the 11-year-old boy from martinez injured in the boston marathon this week is recovering from successful surgery according to family. aaron hern had severe? shrapnel in his leg that was removed. concord police investigating a smash-and-grab at macy's in sun valley mall at 9 p.m. last night. three suspects used a hammer to smash jewelry cases. the hammer and car have been recovered. suspects are still on the loose. this morning is 10s

since an hqua devastatedar . san francisco's early-morning commemoration was moved up to union square at the last minute because of some police activity down on market street. also this morning, the fire hydrant that saved part of the city got another fresh coat of gold paint. got your traffic and a weather forecast i think you're going to like coming up next. stay right there. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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we're finally starting to see some improvement on westbound 580 from livermore into the dublin interchange. there was a big rig crash early this morning blocking several lanes of traffic. everything is now back open. but the drive time is tell you more than an hour between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. so still consider using mass transit or city streets. a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland, kind of bottlenecked there pasting the oakland coliseum. metering lights are on on the bay bridge, still stacked up toward the foot of the maze, 15 minutes to get on the bridge. that's traffic. here's brian. i was monitoring all the sunshine from the traffic live shots. there's plenty of it out there as we begin high atop pleasanton and look at some blue skies and warmer temperatures too. we are starting out at 50 in oakland and 50 at concord. 54 at fairfield. we are recovered to 75 in oakland today. 77 san jose. 69 in the city. extended forecast looks warm, 80s over the weekend inland, 70s in the bay staying that way all next week. the humble back seat.

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this is out of west, texas, there. incredible video from that explosion as we cover this breaking news this morning. you can see many of the buildings destroyed there. apartment buildings. dozens of homes apparently leveled. over 165 injured is the latest we're hearing from authorities. >> 3 to 5 firefighters at this hour missing. they're still trying to figure out exactly what they're dealing with. coming back, as the nation grieves tr boston robert de niro and jane rose enthaul are here in studio 57. they founded the tri watts tower with h his own hands. wewe'll show youou the hihigh-ty to preserve them. . riright now it't's time to you thihis morning's h headline from aroround the globe. the "w"washington post" says mo troops are b being sent to jord. the troops could help deal with chemical weapons and the

humanitarian crisis. britain's telegraph says north korea will only take parts in theesf sanctions are lift. "usa today" looks at how tech stocks are dragging dow the stock market. tech stocks normally lift the market. shares of apple are up 40% from their high in 2012. apple stockt 5.50% in its trading yesterday. "the new york times"ays s scientists have discovered the degnome of the see la camp. what is that? it's a pre constructed fish rjt they look at how fish learn to walk and breathe air. and the "houston chronicle" says the senate urges obama to pardon boxer jack johnson. he crossed state lines with a white woman for, quote, immoral purposes. he would right johnson's name

and correct a historical wrong. the wall screen journal says cars could go mainstream by 2035. experts say they will be able to pile up themselves in stop and go traffic. who pays in a driverless car? >> i want to pass on that. we've been reporting all morn on the texas explosion that killed as many as 15 people. we want to go back to west, texas. manuel bojorquez is there. manuel, good morning again. >> reporter: good morning, gayle. the weather has turned cold and rainy here. that is certain to hamper some of the efforts of the authorities as they look for survivors. as you mentioned earlier, 160 people injured in the blast at one nursing home. more than 100 people had to be rescued. many of them were trapped under the rubble. this all started yesterday in the evening. a fire at the west fertilizer company at the there.

e firended to they realized there was danr with the chemicals and started to evacuate people but it was too late. the explosion happened and it was a strong one felt miles away. similar in force to a small earthquake. now, we've learned this morning that three to five firefighters are among the missing and one police officer. the authorities keep stressing this remains a search and rescue mode. search and rescue effort. they're still looking for survivors. and as we've heard this morning as well. a lot of people who have not slept through the night but also have not heard from friends, family, and neighbors, well, they're here and going through the community trying to see if anybody has heard of any word about those people. they are, of course, hoping for the best. we know there are missing. and 5 to 15 dead so far. unfortunately that number, authorities say, is expected to rise. we're waiting for more information at the next briefing, but that has yet to be

scheduled. charlie, gayle, norah? >> manuel, thanks. most of the victims were taken from the scene to waco. ben tracy is at the hillcrest baptist medical center. ben? >> reporter: we've been given an update. they're treating 20 patients and are the intensive care unit. many that they're dealing with ar sev head and face trauma th flyingde. we're told that two children treated here at the icu have no children's pediatric trauma center and they'll be treated there. most of the patients, about a vast majority, 365 parents that have come to the hospital have been discharged. many came in simply wanting their eyes washed out, faces washed out, concerned about toxic fumes and smoke. as manuel mentions in his report, there's a weather system

moving through the area, rain and thunderstorms and it's unclear how that's going to affect search and rescue but they're preparing as if they'll get more patients later today, so they're staffing up. they've had 250 doctors, nurses, and staff on call here to deal with the patients that are coming in. an and what they fear the most, that firemen died in this blaze. >> peter, thank you so much. sergeant patrick swanson joins us. sergeant, good morning. >> good morning. >> sergeant, can you tell us what's happening at the plant now and what more we know about possible fatalities? yes, sir. i can tell you at this point the last that i heard, that there was still a small amount of fire burning at the plant. they were initially concerned about that as it was underneath some anhydrous ammonia tanks. it's my understanding the fire is under control now. it is still smouldering but not near the threat it was

g our searc and rescue mode. atf is here, the state fire marshals are here. they'll start their criminal investigation side of this. i can tell you that there is nothing at this point to indicate that this is a criminal issue, but we will address that. we will find out first and foremost if, in fact, that's what occurred. if that doesn't turn to be the case, we'll end up going to an industrial-type accident. >> so what do you think happened? th >> we don't know. we know there was a fire in the plant. about 20 minutes after the initial firefighters responded, they were there, they realized the seriousness of it being a fertilizer plant, knew the potential dangers of it, started evacuating the area. these were volunteer firefighters here to protect their community and started doing just that, starting moving people away. about 20 minutes into that

ocess, there was major explosion at that plant. obviously as leveled homes, we know there are fatalities from it. we know we've had 160 injuries, 160 plus injuries from that, and the unfortunate side as well is that we're still missing some of those firefighters. >> sergeant swanson, what concern do you have about chemicals at the plant and in the air because ading to a report in the dallas "morning news," the worst possible scenario would be a ten-minute release of ammonia gas that would kill or injure no one. that apparently does not appear to be the case today. >> no. so far at this point, the las w chemical in the air aspect of it was not a significant concern. apparently that's been somewhat contained or under control. i can tell you speaking to some of the first responders that were here on scene last night that they did experience some environmental burns such as

eyes. skin burns. the smell, the noxious odor that was in the air. there may be some residual effecting from that, but at this point, the rain obviously will be something that will help us, can kind of wash the air, but if that's all that remains to be seen, last word i had was that that was not a significant risk right knew. >> sergeant did i hear you just say it's more likely to be an industrial accident than a criminal incident? >> we don't know. >> okay. >> we're going to look at the criminal aspect of it and see if, in fact, there's any criminal investigation that needs to be done. was this a criminal event. and then if it is determined that it is not, then it will move into what we call an industrial-type accident, may kill and what is the condition at that plant right now. we go now to peter greenberg to talk about volunteers and what they do.

peter? >> good morning, charlie. most people don't realize that about 72% of all firefighters in america are actually volunteer. and what you had in west texas was that similar situation. a town of 2,800 people in which many people are already volunteer firefighters including mayor himself which means everybody knows everybody else. it's not a question of when you fight the fire. you all go. you all get banged out. it's a question of how you fight it and then what do you do. >> you were also a volunteer firefighter and i'm so fascinated by the work you do. everybody is running out. you are d guys running in. can you help us understand the psyche of why you all do what you do? >> it's really part of the american community. most people don't realize. it's really the focal point of the community. you go to any town in america where they have a volunteer firehouse and that's the focal point where everybody gathers. that's where things happen. it's part of what you do for your community. what you do is the same amount of training as other paid fire

departments. you have interior firefighters, interior, cpr. and then this, hazmat materials. when you get to a location where the fire is already involved, your concern is first of all for people and that's what those firemen were doing when they were trying to get those people out. if this fire was just going on in a rural area with nobody in danger, they probably would have fought it defensively, meaning surround and drown. save all the buildings around it. let the fires burn out. they didn't have a choice because of where the fire is located. you had apartment buildings, senior citizen center, that's where they're most vulnerable and what they f whaer cause, explosion. >> thank you so much sergeant patrick swanson. robert de niro and jane rosen thaul join us. we'll talk with them about the film festival they started and how it helped,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a city is defined by its people and its culture, and in the wake of a tragedy like the boston bombings, also by its

resilience. >> in 2001 filmmakers robert de niro and jane rosen thaul co-founded the tribeca film festival as a response to the september 11th attacks on the world trade center. their goal was to celebrate film, revive new york city's economy, and attract visitors back to lower manhattan. 12 years later the festival has screened more than 1,400 films from over 80 different countries. it's also attracted an international audience of more than 4 million attendees and generated more than $460 million for the city of new york. with us now, robert de ro and janeosthaul. welcome. >> thank you. >> jane, begin with you. has it done everything you hoped it would do because the idea as i said int w bring back and revive a city. >> it's done everything we hope and more when you look at what's happened to downtown manhattan.

there's several new schools that have opened up in the past 11 years and more buildings are going up on the site and the memorial's open, so it's quite amazing. >> bob, would you say to boston find something like this that you can do because it will help a city come back? >> oh, yeah. of course, of course. absolutely. >> what is it about film that he he helps? >> obviously it takes your mind off whatever you're involved with at the moment. >> right. >> it relieves you -- you see other problems that other people have. it makes you feel a little more, you know that you're not alone. >> and a film can identify with the spirit of a city. >> yeah, of course. >> in that first year for me personally i kept saying i fell in love with no, through the movies and now new york needed the movies to heal, to give us a new memory, to give us something

to look forward to, to be able to get a group of people together and have an outdoor screening and laugh, you know. just that feeling of being able to laugh. >> you know what happens every year, guys? it gets bigger and bigger. more people come to participate. it grows in terms of the audience it draws and the films that are include. what are you most excited about this year, bob de niro? >> that the festival is doing very well and it is getting, i think, growing more each year and that in and of itself is reward for us. we had no idea what -- how it would turn out, how it would happen, and now it's in its 12th year. >> this year it's closing with you. i think that's fun. the king of comedy. here you are. legend, iconic, badass actor. >> can you say that on television? >> actor or badass? >> both. >> now you're going to be restored.

so how do you feel about it? >> you need restoration. >> you need restoration, bob de niro. >> no. i'm surprised it's almost 30 years later and it has to be restored. that kind of scares me. but i'm happy. i'm looking forward to it. and it will be interesting because it reminds me of that period also just reminds me of things outside of the movie event in my life at that time and so it will be kind of fun. i haven't seen a movie in decades. >> what would you tell robert de niro now, your younger robert de niro. we have this thing we do on cbs, note to self. here's robert de niro 30 years ago. what do you say to him with all of your knowledge and experience? >> what would i say to him? >> to yourself, yeah. >> to myself? >> yeah. >> if you were a young man. the older man takes his experience and says to the younger de niro. >> what s as far as

future or this or that? the >> yeah. advice. >> i can't answer that. >> you conditions answan't answ? i can but not easily. >> i got you. >> you're doing this new six-second film competition. >> yes. >> six seconds. >> jane? >> the interesting thing about a vine is it goes back to the very basic of what you need to put in a frame. imagery, sound. and can you do it in six seconds. and it's on a loop. so it's -- as you string them together, stories evolve >> and jane, for people who don't know, vine is something you can do online, post a six-second video or film and it's incredible what people are doing in six seconds. >> it's amazing. >> you can do a beginning and madele and an end. >> you can because it's a constant loop.

it creates a different kind of emotion. we'll offer cbs the winner. >> fine. we'll accept. >> you have a new award named after nora ephron. tell us about that. >> nora ephron was an amazing person to the festival. an extraordinary woman. her vision and her sense of humor and the way she could tell women's stories. she was inspiring to so many writers, directors, audiences, and very specically to wo we wo honor her legacy. we have an annual award that will offer $25,000 cash award annually. so we're very excited about that. we miss nornora. >> there's a lot of terrible new this week with what happened in

boston and what happened in texas. do you have any thoughts on that? >> yeah. >> it's terrible. >> yeah. >> art and film is a way to tell those stories and also to escape from them, yeah. >> of the kinds of films that are coming to the festival changing? i mean other than the fact that the festival is more prominent and you get better group of films. >> you know, i'm finding this interesting thing going on right now because of technology because everybody has access to films that not -- the first-time films aren't as strong as they used to be because everybody has access to it. >> thanks. thank you very much. we'll be right back. you're watching "cbs this morning.",,,,,,,,,,

this is a cbs news special report. i'm scott pelley. good morning. president obama is about to speak at an interfaith prayer service in boston in remembrance of the victims of the terror attack at the marathon. more than 170 people were wounded and 63 are snil the hospital, 12 of them in critical condition. as you already know, three people died, 8-year-old martin richard, 29-year-old krystle campbell and lu lengzi. this is a live look inside the cathedral of the holy cross, the great cathedral after the end of the civil war. first lady michelle obama is with the president. what you're hearing now is the

cellist yo yo ma. massachusetts governor devall patrick is alongside the president and first lady, former governor mitt romney is also attending. as boston begins its healing process, another tragedy is unfolding in texas. last night a fertilizer plant exploded in the town called west, 20 miles north of waco. volunteer firemen had been trying to put out the fire when a blast leveled 50 to 75 homes and other buildings, registered as more than a 2.1 earthquake. rescue workers are only now assessing the devastation in the daylight. the president is expected to ea boston in a few moments. first norah o'donnell, co-anchor of "cbs this morning" is joining me. norah, you've been talking to

the white house. what have they told you? >> even as the president was on his way flying to boston, he was on the phone to texas dealing with this other tragedy that happened overnight in that central texas town known as west texas, a small town where there has been this fertilizer explosion. we're stole the president called the governor of texas, rick perry, offered federal resources and prayers and tried to call the mayor of that town. he is dealing with that tragedy there as well. he will speak in boston. the president largely wrote much of his remarks today as he tries to comfort the victims of the boston marathon. >> as we watch yo yo ma at the cathedral of the holy cross in boston, let me bring in john miller, former assistant director of the fbi. john, what is new in the boston bombing investigation? >> they've made a lot of progress, scott. they are particularly interested as we've discussed in the past

24 hours, a particular individual they have on videotape who appears to be in the area where the first bomb was placed and seems to be walking away without the backpack he showed up with. we're expecting a briefing later today where they'll release those pictures. they may release pictures of other individuals. it's not certain they're going to characterize them as suspects. they may just say these are people who were in the area of the blast and may have information and we're seeking to identify them. >> you expect by the end of the day, john, that we will see these pictures that we've been told about these last couple of days. >> that could have happened yesterday. i think they are waiting to get the dignity of the current ceremony prected and past and the president in and out of town and think late w em come out with new clues. >> we're watching governor devall patrick, he'll be delivering remarks before the

president speaks in just a few minutes. as we watch the governor begin, let me switch to elaine quijano in boston who has been talking with folks there in the city about the mood now these past several days since the bombing. >> reporter: scott, we're here on newbury street. beyond the police barricades is boyleston street, still very much a sealed-off crime scene. i can tell you some of the bostonians i've talked to here are beginning to feel a sense of determination really that is overwhelming they say. newbury street is a hub of retail shops, restaurants, and the streets on a typical spring day would be crowded with people. that's not really the case at this moment. the people who have come out say they are determined to make a

conscious decision through their actions to show that, in fact, they will not be cowed by what happened. that is a theme i've heard over and over again in talking to the people here. they say, of course, there is anger, theres worry.at t same t overwhelming sentiment right now is to show the rest of the world that they, in e afraid. that is mething they say is tremendously important to them, even as this investigation continues. >> elaine, thank you very much. those are very much the sentiments of the governor of massachusetts, devall patrick who is speaking at the multi interfaith service now, and let's listen in. >> mayor menino started monday

morning frustrated he couldn't be at the finish line this time as he always is. late that afternoon, he checked himself out of the hospital to help this city, our city face down this tragedy. i'm thankful for those who have given blood to the hospitals, money to the one fund and messages of prayer and encouragement from all over the world. i'm thankful for the presence and stead fast support of the president and first lady, our many former governors who were he here, we thank you. i'm thankful for the other civic and political leaders who are here today and for the many, many faith leaders who have ministered to us today and in the days since monday. i'm thankful for the lives of

crist l and little martin and lin and for the lives of many who survived them and the lives of all the people hurtbut who still woke up today with the hope of tomorrow. i am thankful maybe most especially for the countless numbers of people in this proud sit stay and this storied commonwealth who, in the aftermath of such senseless violence, let their first instinct be kindness. . in a dark hour, so many of you showed so many of us that darkness cannot drive out darkness, as dr. king said. only light can do that. how very strange that cowardess unleashed on us should come on marathon day, on patriot's day, a day that marks

both the unofficial end of our long winter hibernation and the first battle of the american revolution, and just as we are taught at times like this not to lose touch with our spiritual faith, let us also not lose touch with our civic faith. massachusetts invented america. [ applause ] >> america is not organized the way countries are usually organized. we're not organized around a common language or